National Institute and Museum of Archaeology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Sofia, Bulgaria

National Institute and Museum of Archaeology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Sofia, Bulgaria

Founded: 1878/1892/1921/1949

First founded as a Department of Valuables at the Sofia Library in 1878-1879; became National Museum in 1892, Bulgarian Institute and Archaeology in 1921, and National Institute and Museum of Archaeology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1949.